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I want to thank you for my new custom Soldier Bracelets. They look great and fit perfectly. My longtime friend, Aaron Mitchell is in the Army and currently in Iraq. I ordered your bracelets for his parents, his siter and for me. They were all pretty thrilled to get them and we’ve all vowed to wear them till he comes home. We’re thinking of making a chain of all the bracelets for him when he gets home. I get to talk to email him once in a while and told him about us all wearing his name on our...

Every so often we hear from a HeroBracelet wearer asking to find more information about the service member on their memorial bracelet. Since thousands of you are wearing HeroBracelets memorializing someone you'd never met, we'd like to share a Web site that you might be interested in. The site is www.fallenheroesmemorial.com. This site is a place where friends, family and strangers can post letters and memories about a fallen service member. There is a page there for each one lost in combat....

Another piece from the Houston Chronicle. Candidate bracelets symbolize the debate over Iraq war By HANS NICHOLS The bomb's blast threw Army Spec. Matthew Stanley from his gunner's turret, leaving his body lifeless on a dusty road in Iraq's Sunni Triangle. When his commander arrived minutes later, the slumping soldier looked asleep, resting in his full body armor. Nine months after his December 2006 death, Stanley's name was given a new life in the U.S. presidential campaign, etched into a bl...

Just found this on Yahoo News. ------------------ March 25 (Bloomberg) -- The bomb's blast threw Army Specialist Matthew Stanley from his gunner's turret, leaving his body lifeless on a dusty road in Iraq's Sunni Triangle. When his commander arrived minutes later, the slumping soldier looked asleep, resting in his full body armor. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d[\\'vibKT9j8Yng-\\']=\\'&U=13b0bhvbp%2fN%3dvibKT9j8Yng-%2fC%3d619213.12330194.12722899.11951997%2fD%3d...

Fallen soldier's bracelet inspires Obama Sunday, February 17, 2008 07:54:14 AM Barack Obama is wearing a wristband in memory of a soldier killed in Iraq, given to him by a mother who said she wants the Democratic presidential candidate to keep others from dying. Tracy Jopek of Merrill, Wis., gave Obama the bracelet at a rally Friday night in Green Bay, and Obama was still wearing it Saturday as he campaigned across the state before Tuesday's primary. The bracelet has her son's name, Sgt. Rya...

We heard from several people that Barak Obama is wearing a HeroBracelet. We've not seen it up close, but it does look like a HeroBracelet. This was on the Fox News Web site. ----------------- Barack Obama is wearing a wristband in memory of a soldier killed in Iraq, given to him by a mother who said she wants the Democratic presidential candidate to keep others from dying. Tracy Jopek of Merrill, Wis., gave Obama the bracelet at a rally Friday night in Green Bay, and Obama was still wearing i...

I've never had a family member in the military. Nor do I personally know anyone currently serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. But I wear a HeroBracelet memorial bracelet in the name of young Marine from California. I never knew him or his family. But he died serving a country that has given me much. I just want others to know about him. People ask me about my memorial bracelet often and I tell them what I know about this young Marine. I encourage others to wear a memorial bracelet to honor these ...

James Moore, writer and political corespondent recently wrote about HeroBracelets in a posting on www.huffingtonpost.com. We thank him for his interest in HeroBracelets.org. You can see the original posting HERE. ------------- Called to the Colors There is a place you can go to feel the war in Iraq. You can't experience it living in everyday America. We are shopping and playing golf and watching soap operas and complaining about the price of gas but we don't feel this war. Those of us who don...

We're VERY proud to finally be able to offer sterling silver HeroBracelets. It's taken a very long time to be able to offer these very special silver memorial bracelets, silver deployed bracelets and silver Purple Heart bracelets. We've even got a sterling silver dogtag. The new sterling silver bracelets are completely made by hand from the finest 925 sterling silver. They are formed and shaped by hand and each letter in the custom bracelet is individually hand stamped. Inside each bracelet...

Dear HeroBracelets, We ordered your memorial bracelets in the name of a boy that grew up the street from us. We had know Johnathan since he was little and always thought the world of him. He grew into a wonderful young man and joined the Army two years ago. We lost him in Iraq and we felt like we lost a member of our own family. We all ordered memorial bracelets from your website and wear them daily. It truly is a wonderful way to remember him. And people ask us about the memorial bracelets a...